Election Department rules out early municipal polls

We Are Busy With Revision Of Assembly Electoral Rolls: CEO Tells H&UDD

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Dec 18: While the council of minister Monday expressed displeasure over the inordinate delay in conduct of polls to the municipalities, the State’s Election Department has ruled out early elections to the Urban Local Bodies “because of its preoccupation with the summary revision of Assembly More

DRUG MAFIA ‘MANAGES’ CLOSURE OF FAIR PRICE SHOPS IN JK

Jan Aushadhi Stores Become Casualty Of Doctor-Pharma Companies Nexus

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Dec 18: Hundreds of poor patients coming to different government hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir don’t have access to life-saving drugs on affordable prices as the state’s Health Department has put the lid down on fair price medicine shops project.The project was grounded due to “expanding More

For Madvan village, primary health centre still a distant dream

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Madvan (Sonawari), Dec 18: There is no supply of safe drinking water in this village of district Bandipora in north Kashmir. The electricity remains mostly off and roads are potholed. But what haunts villagers of this hamlet most is the lack of a hospital.In 2010, the villagers saw a ray of hope More

5 militants killed in Sopore encounter

They Were Planning Attacks In Srinagar: Police

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Dec 18: Five Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with police and Army in Sopore Tehsil of Baramulla district in north Kashmir on Tuesday. The encounter was continuing when this report was filed as two more militants are said to be trapped. Director General of Police More

Families worried

Srinagar, Dec 18: The families in whose houses the encounter took place in Sopore are worried about the safety of some of their members as they have failed to locate their whereabouts.Khursheed Ahmad of Saidpora told Greater Kashmir over telephone that they have no whereabouts of six members of More

IAS top brass flee JK

Out Of Top 20 Officers Only 7 Present In State

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Dec 18: Jammu and Kashmir, which recently won the distinction of being a state least interested in reshuffling its Babus has another peculiarity – among the top 20 IAS officers around 13 are serving with Government of India on deputation while only six were rendering their services in the state More

Eleven schools record zero pass percentage

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Dec 18: Though the performance of government schools in class 10th result, declared on Monday, is quite impressive, at least 11 schools have fared badly as none of their students managed to qualify the examination.A cursory look at the result brings to fore the miserable performance More

Hurriyat (M) delegation calls on Fazl, Imran

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Dec 18: A seven-member delegation of Hurriyat Conference (M), led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, met Moulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and other members of Kashmir Committee at the Parliament House on Tuesday.The marathon meeting that lasted around four hours was also attended by top officials More

Highway closed

Hundreds Stranded

MM PARVAIZ

Ramban, Dec 18: Vehicular traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway was Tuesday suspended due to landslides in Seri area of district Ramban.Police said hundreds of vehicles including passenger and load carriers remained stranded along the highway after sudden closure of the road.They said road was More

10 killed, 4 hurt in Reasi accident

Vehicle Plunges Into 500-Feet Deep Gorge

GK NEWS NETWORK

Reasi, Dec 18: At least 10 persons, mostly youth, were killed and four others critically injured in a road accident on Reasi-Mahore road in Jammu division Tuesday morning, police said.They said that the Tempo Traveller was on way from Angrala to Reasi when it met with the mishap at around 9:30 More

Dr Ahad Bereaved

Srinagar, Dec 18: Bashir Ahmad, brother -in-law of Dr. Abdul Ahad  (historian) passed away on December 18 (Tuesday) after a brief illness. His fateh-a-Khawani would be held at his ancestral graveyard More

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Rahul takes Omar to Amethi

Amethi, Dec 18: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi along with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday met members of women self-help groups here and asked them to make use of several More

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